China will deploy unmanned aircraft over Olympic co-host city Qingdao to watch for "suspicious activities", in the country's first known use of drone planes, state media said on Friday.
China regards terrorism as the biggest threat to the Games starting on Aug. 8, and has introduced a raft of measures in recent months to boost security. Qingdao, a port city in eastern Shandong province, will host sailing events.
Armed police tested one of the drones in Shandong provincial capital Jinan on Thursday, remotely piloting it to peek into a third-floor office building, the Shanghai ... More >
Softball's campaign to be reinstated onto the Olympic Programme in 2016 moved closer to reality with the news that all 300-plus thousand tickets for the softball games in the ...More>
On the morning of Saturday, June 28, China's National Stadium resonated with cheers. After years of hard work, the "Bird's Nest" is now completed.
BOCOG president Liu Qi, ...More>
The Olympics are looking like a bust for the city's hotels.
The 17-day Games were supposed to generate a buzz throughout the summer, leading to a tourism windfall with fu...More>
Beijing Olympics organizers grappling to cut pollution in time for the Summer Games face a new threat: a plague of algae at the sailing venue in Qingdao.
The eastern city'...More>
Chinese President Hu Jintao has said preparations for the Beijing Olympics have entered their "final dash" and urged officials to ensure roads, train stations and airports are...More>
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is investigating a speech made by Tibet's Communist Party boss at the end of last weekend's Beijing torch relay leg in Lhasa in which...More>
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has appointed research consultancy Sponsorship Intelligence to conduct consumer and media research into this year's Games.
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